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Australia fires: bushfires menace homes and lives – and firefighters warn winds will create new threats

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Admin

Embers flare into an out-of-control blaze on ‘another difficult day’ in NSW and in the country around Canberra

• Terror on all sides: inside a firestorm tearing through the Australian bush

The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, says the Australian state has experienced “another difficult day” as multiple emergency fires burned across its south-east.

While five emergency warnings were in place on Saturday afternoon for blazes across the NSW south coast and south-east, at 9pm on Saturday evening just one remained at the highest level.

Suspicious packages sent to US, Pakistani and other consulates in Melbourne

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Admin

Diplomatic headquarters in Canberra also targeted as firefighters remove bags labelled ‘Danger asbestos’

The United States, Pakistani, Swiss, Indian, South Korean and New Zealand consulates in Melbourne are among a number of foreign diplomatic headquarters across the city and in Canberra targeted with suspicious packages.

The deliveries on Wednesday sparked an emergency “hazardous material” response and, in some cases, evacuation.